Enchanting and Endlessly Creative: Spirited Away
Perhaps one of the best and well-known Japanese animated movies, Hiyao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, incorporates elements of love, kindness, and generosity in conjunction with the complexity of animation and how Miyazaki's imagination and endless creativity produces a piece of work that is magical and enchanting for the viewer.
Spirited Away was released in 2002 to audiences in Japan, and became so popular that it was then released to the rest of the world in which Miyazaki won several awards because of its captivating storyline and graphics. It appeals to other cultures and audiences because of the installation of Western influence; texts such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Homer's Odyssey to embellish a narrative that is alluring and exciting for different audiences and cultures to experience.
The movie opens with the young protagonist Chihiro in the car with her parents leaving their hometown to live in the provinces; it sets up Chihiro as a spoilt 10-year-old child, as she scowls and is depicted as miserable in the beginning scenes of the film. Her family when searching for their new home, get lost within a woodland. They venture into a tunnel ahead of them and discover an abandoned amusement park, which launches Chihiro into her new reality as they explore the world beyond them.
While her parents sit down at a restaurant and begin eating like pigs which in turn becomes their fate, Chihiro goes on to discover a bathhouse that is run by Yubaba. She meets a boy called Haku who tells her to find the boilerman, Kamaji who does not have a place for her and so instead is able to get her a job at the bathhouse. She signs a contract with Yubaba who changes her name to Sen. Haku tells her that she must not forget her real name, otherwise she will forever be kept within the spirit world.
Within the film, Chihiro invites the most well-known character within the film, No-Face, into the bathhouse, mistaking him for a customer. No-Face creates havoc within the bathhouse, eating the workers who are greedy for money as he gives them money. Sen confronts No-Face after he has eaten so many characters that he becomes massive, giving him a dumpling that she earnt from washing a customer earlier within the film.
The storyline has so much content within it that in order to understand and enjoy it completely as one of the best-animated films within history, you need to watch it. Miyazaki's acute attention to detail within all aspects of the film and the use of hand-drawn figures creates a unique and outstanding cinematic experience that can be enjoyed by all.
-Isobel
References:
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-spirited-away-2002
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/12/spirited-away-review
Spirited Away was released in 2002 to audiences in Japan, and became so popular that it was then released to the rest of the world in which Miyazaki won several awards because of its captivating storyline and graphics. It appeals to other cultures and audiences because of the installation of Western influence; texts such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Homer's Odyssey to embellish a narrative that is alluring and exciting for different audiences and cultures to experience.
The movie opens with the young protagonist Chihiro in the car with her parents leaving their hometown to live in the provinces; it sets up Chihiro as a spoilt 10-year-old child, as she scowls and is depicted as miserable in the beginning scenes of the film. Her family when searching for their new home, get lost within a woodland. They venture into a tunnel ahead of them and discover an abandoned amusement park, which launches Chihiro into her new reality as they explore the world beyond them.
While her parents sit down at a restaurant and begin eating like pigs which in turn becomes their fate, Chihiro goes on to discover a bathhouse that is run by Yubaba. She meets a boy called Haku who tells her to find the boilerman, Kamaji who does not have a place for her and so instead is able to get her a job at the bathhouse. She signs a contract with Yubaba who changes her name to Sen. Haku tells her that she must not forget her real name, otherwise she will forever be kept within the spirit world.
Within the film, Chihiro invites the most well-known character within the film, No-Face, into the bathhouse, mistaking him for a customer. No-Face creates havoc within the bathhouse, eating the workers who are greedy for money as he gives them money. Sen confronts No-Face after he has eaten so many characters that he becomes massive, giving him a dumpling that she earnt from washing a customer earlier within the film.
The storyline has so much content within it that in order to understand and enjoy it completely as one of the best-animated films within history, you need to watch it. Miyazaki's acute attention to detail within all aspects of the film and the use of hand-drawn figures creates a unique and outstanding cinematic experience that can be enjoyed by all.
-Isobel
References:
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-spirited-away-2002
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/12/spirited-away-review
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